Alice Maio Mackay


Alice Maio Mackay is an Australian filmmaker best known for writing and directing the 2023 queer horror films T Blockers and Satranic Panic.

Early life

Maio Mackay was born in Adelaide, Australia, on 4 August 2004.

Career

Since 2017, Maio Mackay has produced work under her own company, One Manner Productions. Many of her works are crowdfunded. After directing a string of short films, Maio Mackay's debut feature, So Vam, was released in 2021, followed by Bad Girl Boogey the next year. Her subsequent two features, T Blockers and Satranic Panic, premiered in 2023. Maio Mackay's fifth feature film was announced in May 2023. The title, Carnage for Christmas, was revealed that August. It released on May 4, 2024, at the Salem Horror Fest.
Maio Mackay's made her on-screen acting debut in 2024 with Louise Weard's Castration Movie, playing the character of Alyssa.

Artistry

Maio Mackay cites Gregg Araki as a major influence on her filmmaking and incorporates elements of camp into her work.

Personal life

Maio Mackay is a transgender woman. She resides in Sydney.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleDirectorWriterProducerNotes
2018BestiaShort film
2019SmotheredShort film, also cinematographer and editor
2019A Tale of the Laundry GameShort film
2019Love and BloodShort film
2020Tooth 4 ToothShort film
2021The Serpent's NestShort film
2021So Vam
2022Bad Girl Boogey
2023T Blockers
2023Satranic Panic
2024Carnage for Christmas
2025The Serpent's Skin-

Web series

Awards and nominations